Opposition Bloc

Opposition Bloc is a Ukrainian political party that was founded in 2014 by parties opposed to the Euromaidan. The party was formed at the advice of American political consultant Paul Manafort, who believed that a coalition of opposition parties would be stronger than a revived "Party of Regions". The party's 2014 programme was socially liberal and pro-Russia, and it wanted maximum decentralization and non-aligned status for Ukraine. Despite its pro-Russian views, it opposed Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and supported peace within Ukraine's 1991 borders.